Eddy Cue credited Taylor Swift and mentioned complaints from other musicians to explain Apple’s decision: it will pay artists during the trial period. The fact is, Cue’s announcement makes Apple shine. But not everyone is impressed. Actually, the former CTO of Pandora, Tom Conrad, sees this whole thing as “theater.” (via Business Insider)

In a series of tweets, Conrad threw in a few reasons why he believes that. First, Pandora, Spotify, YouTube, and other streaming services actually pay artists for their free tiers and trials, too, he says.

1/ Spotify, YouTube, Pandora and others all pay artists for their free tiers and trials. It's the right thing to do.